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  • A bull, with parts of the body indicated and numbered: the numbers forming a border around the image. Woodcut, 17--.
  • Votive offerings and marble church plates offering thanks: includes offerings shaped like body parts, hearts and an agnus dei image. Photograph, ca. 1920 (?).
  • Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) crystals imaged by cross polarised light microscopy. Vitamin C is an antioxidant and is important for collagen formation and wound healing. A good source of vitamin C is found in a variety of fruit and vegetables including citrus friuts, brussels sprouts and broccoli. It is a water soluble vitamin that cannot be stored in the body so needs to be ingested regularly. A lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy. 100X image magnification.
  • Vitamin C imaged with polarised light. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an important vitamin, essential for collagen formation and wound healing, it also facilitates to absorption of iron. A good source of vitamin C is found in a variety of fruit and vegetables, notably citrus friuts, kiwi and broccoli. It is a water soluble vitamin so is excreted by the body and, therefore, needs to be ingested regularly. A lack of vitamin C causes scurvy.
  • Vitamin C imaged with polarised light. Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is an important vitamin, essential for collagen formation and wound healing, it also facilitates to absorption of iron. A good source of Vitamin C is found in a variety of fruit and vegetables, notably citrus friuts, kiwi and broccoli. It is a water soluble vitamin so is excreted by the body and, therefore, needs to be ingested regularly. A lack of Vitamin C causes scurvy.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. At the head end (shown in ths image) they have a toothed proboscis, four eyes, and two pairs of antennae. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Ragworms are segmented worms with long, flattened bodies, consisting of many segments. Each segment has a pair of parapods, or swimming legs. These parapods are covered with bristles called chaete and are used for crawling and swimming, these structures are clearly shown in this image. Ragworms are found predominantly in muddy shorelines and often used as fishing bait. They can live up to 3 years. Some species are considered an active predator, sifting through the mud and sand for small ocean creatures, others exist as scavengers.
  • Two Russian valets are tightening ties around a young officer's waist as a third man brings a uniform for him to wear. Coloured etching, 1815.
  • SEM dust & mucus on bronchus,stereo.,RH
  • ICA Talks : AIDS: the cultural agenda / director of talks, Erica Carter.
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Vitiligo
  • The venous system: three figures, including an écorché figure and details of the veins. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - 'Millet rash'
  • MS Indic delta 74.
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Psoriasis
  • The nervous system: two figures showing the brain, spine and nerves, and and an écorché figure with the nervous system indicated. Engraving by T. Jefferys, ca. 1763.
  • Body measurements, back view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
  • Mystical body of tantric meditation, flow of the life force
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - Erysipelas
  • Confocal, calcium in mitochondria/cell body
  • A horse: side view, surrounded by a decorative border of bridles, stirrups and horseshoes etc. Coloured lithograph after Griffiths, 1860/1900 (?).
  • Chinese C18 woodcut: External medicine - 'White patch' rash
  • Diagram of a horse in motion, indicating the location of sixty different maladies on the body. Engraving, 17--?.
  • Calcium wave in mitochondria of cell body
  • Chumah and Susah, David Livingstone's servants. Wood engraving.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.
  • Kusōzu: the death of a noble lady and the decay of her body. Watercolours.